But city, county boards at odds, leaving results of policy unclear

1:42 AM,
May 24, 2007

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A ban on pornographic Web sites at Monroe County libraries was adopted Wednesday, a move expected to preserve county funding for the Central Library of Rochester but leaves library leaders at odds over whether the decision is censorship.

The two boards that oversee policies for the Central Library and the county library system were under threat of essentially having the Central Library shut down by County Executive Maggie Brooks over a long-held policy that had let adult patrons - upon request - unblock potentially inappropriate or pornographic Web sites.